Includes the 63 volume set, 3 volume supplement, index volume, and errata volume. A well-preserved set with each volume being the first edition. Some volumes have cracked hinges. Light wear to edges. Scarce. Volumes 1-21 edited by Leslie Stephen. Volumes 22-26 edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. Volumes 27-63, with the 3 supplementary volumes and the Index and Eptiome, edited by Sidney Lee. This is classic reference work containing accurate and concise biographies of noteworthy inhabitants of the British Islands and Colonies from the earliest historical period to the date of Queen Victoria's death on 22 January, 1901. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included.